Dangerous Reporting: A series of profiles about foreign journalists imprisoned, in hiding, or silenced by courts for reporting on the most sensitive subjects in their countries By ASIA HESTER Capital News Service COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – The last text message…
More than a Mascot: High schools drop Redskins mascot
While the debate over changing the name of the Washington Redskins has subsided, high schools across the country have continued to drop the controversial mascot, Capital News Service found.
U.S. pressure aids release of imprisoned Azeri journalist
Dangerous Reporting: A series of profiles about foreign journalists imprisoned, in hiding, or silenced by courts for reporting on the most sensitive subjects in their countries By HANNAH LANG Capital News Service COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – Several months before journalist…
Carrollton Ridge homeowner tethered to house by bad health
BALTIMORE–Dawn Ford sits in her wheelchair in the hallway of her rowhouse on the 600 block of South Smallwood Street, gazing up at the old painting of two horses grazing in a field, mountains rising in the background.
Russian occupiers silence Crimean journalist in court
Dangerous Reporting: A series of profiles about foreign journalists imprisoned, in hiding, or silenced by courts for reporting on the most sensitive subjects in their countries By MAEVE DUNIGAN Capital News Service COLLEGE PARK, Maryland – In the early morning…
Growing old means many changes
In sickness and in health, seniors are facing big challenges with a positive outlook and help from friends and family.
The value of a smile
In September, the Mission of Mercy Health Equity Festival in College Park drew people from across the state and beyond to receive dental care.
Baltimore’s asthma hot spots are poor, African-American neighborhoods with lots of empty houses
ZIP code 21223 in Southwest Baltimore’s Carrollton Ridge neighborhood — one the city’s poorest — is the worst asthma hot spot in Baltimore, a Capital News Service and Kaiser Health News analysis of Maryland hospital records found.
At home, in schools, on the street, the triggers for asthma lurk everywhere
Your home is meant to be a safe haven. But what happens when your refuge makes you sick?